Thursday, April 23, 1998 4:05:26 PM
Poetry & Fiction Item
From:	Robert Baer Jr.,WISe
Subject:	A poem - "I Hate Voice Mail!"
To:	Poetry & Fiction
ktimmins@neumedia.net,Internet

				I Hate Voice Mail


				I hate voice mail
				It's really mean
				"Want a person!
				Not a machine!"

				I hate voice mail
				Got things to do
				Want someone fast?
				"Wishes come true?"

				I hate voice mail
				Just sit and wait
				Message returned
				If not too late

				I hate voice mail
				Someone forgets
				To return "it"
				With few regrets

				I hate voice mail
				I sit and wait
				Longer, longer
				It starts debate

				I hate voice mail
				I do explain
				"Want a human!"
				I made that plain

				I hate voice mail
				What can I do?
				No one answers
				What else is new?

				I hate voice mail
				A fact of life
				Unanswered mail
				Causes much strife

				I hate voice mail
				I'll ask and see
				"You want voice mail
				  instead of me?"


Submitted and written by

Robert Baer Jr
The Computer Dinosaur